197: Music and Ghosts (with Erica Waters)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you hear some otherworldly banjo music coming from the pines? Don’t worry, we’ve brought on author Erica Waters to guide us through her new book, the ghosts of her childhood, and murder ballads. Also humidity? Just ghosts. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Content Warning:</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, familial death, racism, social/financial inequity, generational trauma, murder, violence against women, implied cannibalism, and death by hanging. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">List of murder ballads</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqo_ht3_7go"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Young Hunting by Sheila Kay Adams</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g-U3v_qpJ4"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xl7JSzaepA"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Maneater by Blue Eyed Blondes</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CQ616RZH_Q"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Oh the Wind and Rain by Jerry Garcia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Housekeeping</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recommendation</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: This week, Julia recommends</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Teenage Bounty Hunters</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on Netflix. Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at</span> <a href= "http://spiritspodcast.com/books"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">spiritspodcast.com/books</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span